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92_HR0714
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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are honored to recognize milestone
4 achievements in businesses in the State of Illinois; and
5 WHEREAS, Multi-generational family-owned businesses will
6 be honored by the Greater Centralia Chamber of Commerce at
7 its 78th annual banquet on March 14, 2002; and
8 WHEREAS, Fifty-two Chamber of Commerce member businesses,
9 which have been owned by at least two generations of the same
10 family, will be recognized; the banquet's theme this year is
11 "Keeping the Tradition"; and
12 WHEREAS, Heading the list is the Centralia Morning
13 Sentinel, now in its sixth generation of the Joy/Perrine
14 family ownership, followed by Community Trust Bank, which is
15 in its fifth generation of ownership by the same family; and
16 WHEREAS, The businesses celebrating their fourth
17 generation of ownership include, Beck Bus, Wham & Wham, and
18 Garnier & Sons Funeral Home; and
19 WHEREAS, The businesses celebrating their third
20 generation of ownership include, Don Geary Realty, Inc.,
21 Erbes Gas Heating Specialist, Industrial Mechanical
22 Contractors Inc., Pries Implement Co., Reading Outdoor
23 Advertising, Seip Oil Properties, Inc., and Yancy Electric &
24 Appliance Co.; and
25 WHEREAS, The businesses celebrating their second
26 generation of ownership include, A.C. Mann Inc., Alcorn
27 Insurance Agency Inc., Charles Brink DDS, Biggies II, Biggies
28 Cafe & General Store, Brothers Carpet Corral, Centralia Dairy
29 Queen, Centralia Laundry & Cleaners, Centralia Stationery,
30 Centralia Transmission Service, Centralia Terminal, Coldwell
31 Banker-Allen Real Estate, Country Bob's, DePew & Owen
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1 Builders. Inc, Donnewald Distributing Co., Engineered Fluid
2 Inc., Feig Sign Co., Francois Brothers, Inc., Fredman
3 Brothers Furniture, Gettinger Inc., Heser's Appliance Sales &
4 Service, Hietanen Maytag Home Appliance Center, Hillcrest
5 Memorial Park, Industrial Tavern, Jim Ford Men's Wear,
6 Lindenberg Dental Clinic, Mars Sales & Equipment Inc.,
7 McCoy's Shoes, Monken Dodge-Chrysler-Jeep-Nissan, Ross Flower
8 Shop Inc., Seeburger Chevrolet-Oldsmobile-Cadillac, Shores
9 Builders Inc., Smith's Amoco, Smitty's Body Shop, Southern
10 Glass Co., Matthew Stedelin, M.D., Straith's Jewelry,
11 Williams Chiropractic, and radio stations WILY/WRXX and WMIX;
12 and
13 WHEREAS, The secret to the longevity and success of these
14 businesses is the valued treatment of their customers and the
15 contributions they provide for the betterment of the
16 community; and
17 WHEREAS, With modern technology on the rise, having over
18 50 multi-generational businesses in the Centralia community
19 is impressive and it shows that there are opportunities for
20 these types of businesses to prosper and be passed down from
21 one generation to the next; therefore, be it
22 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
23 NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
24 we congratulate the fifty-two Centralia Chamber of Commerce
25 member family-owned businesses on being honored by the
26 Greater Centralia Chamber of Commerce for their dedication
27 and service to the Centralia community; and be it further
28 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
29 presented to each of the fifty-two multi-generational
30 family-owned businesses as an expression of our esteem.